Columbia – The South Carolina Democratic Party released the following statement from Chair Dick Harpootlian on the new ad released today by Nikki Haley’s Super PAC, The Movement Fund:
“This ad reeks of desperation and proves that Nikki Haley and her closest allies know that she is incredibly unpopular and vulnerable to defeat in 2014. With no [...]
SCDP: Haley’s Ad Reeks Of Desperation
Maryland Governor Pops Nikki Haley
S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley got an earful from Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley at a Democratic “issues conference” this weekend – receiving all sorts of criticism for being a “Tea Party governor.”
“They run on a platform claiming government isn’t working,” O’Malley said of Haley. “Then when they’re in office, their own failure to do the job [...]
Harpootlian: Nikki Haley Back To Full-Time Campaigning
Columbia – Today Governor Haley announced the Finance Committee for her reelection bid. The South Carolina Democratic Party released this statement from Chair Dick Harpootlian:
“Nikki Haley has spent the last two years traveling the country campaigning for a losing Presidential campaign and fundraising outside of South Carolina. Today she announced a reelection finance committee demonstrating [...]
SC Democratic Party Issues Statement On Tim Scott Appointment
The 1st Vice Chairman of the South Carolina Democratic Party, Jaime Harrison, releases the following statement in response to the appointment of Tim Scott to the United States Senate:
We would like to congratulate Senator Tim Scott on his historic appointment to the US Senate. We look forward to seeing Senator Scott’s decisions on legislation that [...]
SC House Candidate Arrested … Again
PEE DEE DEMOCRAT LITERALLY “ASKS FOR IT”
Austin Smith, a Democratic nominee for a Florence County seat in the S.C. House of Representatives, has been arrested for the second time this year on alcohol-related charges. Smith, 21, was busted for public drunkenness earlier this week according to SCNow.com.
Oddly enough, Smith’s arrest appears to have been self-induced. [...]
SCGOP In Financial Trouble
PARTY ACCUMULATES $300,000 DEBT OVER BALLOT ISSUE
Its politicians like to rail against deficit spending … but the South Carolina Republican Party itself has had to borrow more than $300,000 this year to cover legal fees associated with this year’s flood of ballot-related lawsuits.
For those of you who’ve already forgotten this lesson in ass-backward democracy, we’re referring [...]
SCDP: Courson Buys Endorsement
South Carolina Democratic Chairman, Dick Harpootlian, released the following statement in response to Richland County Sheriff, Leon Lott, endorsing Republican John Courson after being appointed to a $24,000 two-year post on the Public Employees Benefit Authority:
The citizens of Richland County are saddened to see their chief law enforcement officer playing politics when he should be [...]
SCDP: “Cry, Nikki, Cry”
South Carolina Democratic Party Chairman, Dick Harpootlian, released the following statement and video in response to Governor Nikki Haley’s childish response to a reporter asking her questions at a press conference today:
Silence is normally golden but not when it is a public servant who refuses to answer questions. Nikki Haley is acting more like a [...]
SCDP Responds To Paul Ryan’s VP Selection
South Carolina Democratic Party chairman, Dick Harpootlian, released the following statement in response to Mitt Romney’s choice for Vice President, Congressman Paul Ryan:
“Paul Ryan is an anti-governmnent radical who has been drawing a government paycheck for most of his life. Any senior who votes Republican this fall is voting for a man who wants to [...]
Unemployed South Carolinians Sent Post Cards To Nikki Haley
Columbia, S.C. – After campaigning for Mitt Romney in Michigan, Nikki Haley is now heading to Aspen to appear on a Republican Executive roundtable. Haley has left South Carolina during a very sensitive time for the people of this state. We are ranked 46th in the country in overall unemployment and 3rd worst in the [...]
SC Democrats Slam Haley For Michigan Trip
Nikki Haley is traveling in Michigan while South Carolina unemployment rate sits at 9.4%
Columbia, S.C. – South Carolina Democratic Party Chairman, Dick Harpootlian, released the following statement in response to Nikki Haley’s latest national junket:
It’s hard to tell who has the worse judgment: Nikki Haley or Mitt Romney. Nikki Haley, is absent from work again [...]
“Ballot-mageddon”
THE CLUSTERFUCK EXPANDS …
“Ballot-gate” has become “ballot-mageddon.”
A month after nearly 200 candidates were tossed from the 2012 Republican and Democratic primary ballots for failing to file required income disclosure forms, another round of removals has rocked the Palmetto political landscape. And once again, cries of voter disenfranchisement are reverberating across the state.
How many candidates [...]
